Holder for phonographic disk records



0. CULLMAN.

HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPHIC DISK RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED APR-B1919.

1,327,949, Patented J an. 13, 1920.

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ATTORNEY.

O. CULLMAN.

HOLDER FOR PHONOGRAPHIC DISK RECORDS.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1919.

1,327,99; Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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INVENTOR.

O t t o gunman,

. ATTORNEY.

UNITED A E A N OFFICE o'rro G n ta- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER non PHONOGRAPHICDISK nnconns.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, OT'ro GU'LLMAN, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for PhonographicDisk Records, ofwhich the following, when taken in connection with thedrawings accompanying'and forming a part hereof, is a specification. i i

This invention relates to a holder which may be placed in a cabinet, ona table, stand or other article, and in which a plurality ofphonographic disk records may be stored, and from which any desiredrecord may be easily obtained; and as readily returned thereto.

Among the objects of this invention are to obtain a holder of the kindto which it relates which is economically made, is durable, not liableto get out of order, the operation whereof is easily understood, and inwhich a. large number of records may be stored.

In the drawings, Figural is a perspective of a frame and a lever, aplurality of said levers being utilized in a completed apparatus.

Fig. 2 is av front elevation of the holder, some of the duplicatemembers being removed.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, with some of the parts thereof broken away.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view, looking down.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a partition forming an element of theapparatus.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of one corner of a plurality of partitionmembers, and of the separating member holding them in spaced relation.

And Fig. 7 is a side elevation ofa supportin rod, a spring and a nutpositioned on sai rod, an edge elevation of a partition member, and avertical section of a lever element.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates saidpart throughout the several figures of the drawings whereever the same apears.

The frame of the holder comprises the base A, standards B, bars C, andcross bar D. Bars C are illustrated as respectively provided withnotches or recesses E. F, F, represent rods which extend transverselyfrom one bar 0 to the other one thereof, and said rods are held in apredetermined I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 311.13,1920,

Application filed April 7, 1919. Serial No. 288,213.

position on said bars C, C, by the ends thereof being in the recesses ornotches E, E. G, G, represent partitions which aresupported bv rods F,F, and held in spaced relation by the bars H, H. Partitions G areprovided with apertures through which the rods F, F, extend, saidapertures being designated by the characters J, J, and the partitionsare reinforced around and adjacent to said apertures by the eyelets I,I.

F represents an additional rodwhich eX tends through apertures J inpartitions G; and 1 represents an additional eyelet which reinforcessaid partitions around and adjacent to said apertures J K, K, representlevers which are pivotally mounted on rod F between partitions G, G. InFig. 1 a lever K is illustrated which'is curved, and in Fig. 3 a similarlever is illustrated which is not curved. "By using the curved leverwhich is illustrated in Fig. 1 the rod 'F maybe nearer the base A. thanwhere the straight. lever illustrated in Fig. 3, is used; but I as thefunction of said levers is the same, whether a curved or a straight oneis used I do notconsider one a modification of the other. 7: representsa step onthe operable end of lever K. Step Is is to per-' mit a pencilor styletto be used to force said end down whena disk is to be obtainedfrom the holder; L, (Fig. 7 represents a space between adjacentpartitions G, G, and said space constitutes a receptacle in which a.disk .(X may'loe stored, with the edge thereof resting on lever K, asis illustrated in Fig. 3. The several levers K, K, between thepartitions G, G, are held in close relation (by spring M and nut N,which are mounted on the ends of said rod F to said partitions. The endsof rod F are screw threaded and the nuts N, N, may be turned on said rodto increase the tension of spring M sufiiciently to maintain a lever Kin a predetermined position; that is, when the end of a predeterminedlever K having step is thereon, is depressed said lever Wlll remaindepressed, and when said end is raised into normal position it willremain in said normal position. Any expansion of partitions G, G, andlevers K, K, is compensated for by said springs M, M.

To store a disk in said holder it is simply necessary to roll it into aspace or chamber L and raise the stepped end of the lever K on whichsaid disk rests into substantially the position which is illustrated inFig. 3.

K which is supporting said disk is depressed sufficiently to cause saiddisk to roll on said lever into grasping position. Having depressed thestepped end of a lever K and taken the disk which rests thereon theregfrom, said end will remain in said depressed position; and by so leavingit the space or chamber to which said disk should be returned isindicated. Upon the return of said disk to said space or chamber it willremain therein upon the raising of said stepped end of-the lever onwhich it rests to normal position.

I claim:

1. In a holder for phonographic disk records, a frame, partitions, meansto hold said partitions in spaced relation and supported by said frame,in combination With levers pivotally mounted between said partitions,and means to yieldingly hold said partitions and levers in closerelation,

2. In a holder for phonographic records, a frame, rods extendingtransversely of said frame and supported thereby, partitions mounted onsaid rods, means to hold said ;partitions in spaced relation, incombination with. an additional rod extended through said partitions andsupported thereby, and levers pivotally mounted on said ad ditional rodand between said partitions.

3. In a holder for phonographic records,

a frame, rods extending transversely of said with anadditionalrodextending through said partitions and supported thereby, leverspivotally mounted on said additional rod, and means to yieldingly holdsaid partitions and said levers in close relation.

4. In a holder for phonographic records, a frame comprising a base,standards, bars connecting said standards, from' front to rear, andrecesses in said bars, rods in said recesses extending transversely ofsaid frame, partitions respectively.providediwwith apertures inounted"on said rods, with said rods extending through said apertures,separating members on said rods, between said partitions, arranged tohold said partitions in spaced relation, additional apertures in saidpartitions, and a rod extending through said additional apertures,levers pivotally mounted on said last named rod, and means to hold saidpartitionsand said levers in close relation, all combined as set forth.I

5. In a holder for phonographic records, a frame comprising a base, andstandards, bars extending from the rear to the front standards, rodssupported on said bars and extending transversely on said frame,partitions provided with apertures and means to reinforce saidpartitions around said apertures, separating members on said rods tomaintain said partitions in spaced relation, additional apertures andadditional means to reinforce said partitions around said additionalapertures, in combination with a rod extending through said additionalapertures, levers pivotally mounted on said last named rod, springs onsaid rods and means to force said springs against adjacent partitions tomaintain said levers and partitions yieldingly in close relation.

OTTO CUL'LMAN.

In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, E. A. WINCHELL.

